The theory that depression is caused by a chemical imbalance is often presented in the media as fact even though there is little scientific evidence to support it, according to a new study co-authored by a Florida State University visiting lecturer.
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An Iraqi court has issued a death sentence to the man who has been widely known as "Chemical Ali" for masterminding the mass slaughter of ethnic Kurds in the late 1980s.
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A car bomb exploded in the Iraqi city of Al-Ramadi today, killing at least 25 people and spraying the area with chlorine. It was the latest insurgent attack using the deadly chemical. More than 30 people were reported injured.
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Police have detained a man as he was trying to detonate a truck rigged with two tons of explosives and several thousands liters of chlorine in western Iraq.
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Friday March 16 marks the 19th anniversary of Saddam Hussein's chemical weapons attack on the Kurdish village of Halabja. For the first time, Iraq's central government has marked the occasion by calling for a minute of silence to remember the victims. But VOA's Barry Newhouse reports from Irbil that many of the victims continue to suffer and some blame the government for not doing enough to help them.
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Prosecutors in the genocide trial of Saddam Hussein presented at least 12 documents and series of short videotapes allegedly linking the former Iraqi leader to chemical attacks against Kurds.
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